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by m. Evfrosinia
Mon 12 October 2015 8:04 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
Replies: 7
Views: 18688

Re: Royals Retiring into Monasticism

She was tonsured on the island of Tinos, and attempted to start a monastery based on the same principles as St. Elizabeth's Convent of Sts. Mary and Martha in Moscow-- dedicated to charity work. It ultimately didn't work out. She also hid and saved a lot of Jewish children and refugees during World ...
by m. Evfrosinia
Sun 11 October 2015 9:54 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Royals Retiring into Monasticism
Replies: 7
Views: 18688

Re: Royals Retiring into Monasticism

Most Russian historians believe that the holy elder Feodor Kuzmich was in fact Tsar Alexander I. It was quite common for royalty and those of noble birth to accept the monastic tonsure befor death. St. Alexander Nevsky died as the monk Alexey, for example. And there is the example of the Holy New Ma...
by m. Evfrosinia
Sat 10 October 2015 1:42 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
Replies: 51
Views: 14362

Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning

Of course the book was a mistake, and ultimately neither the Russian Church in Russia nor ROCOR entered into any sort of communion with the Anglican Church, as history tells us. The difference is that in the beginning of the XXth century such a proposition could at least be considered and discussed,...
by m. Evfrosinia
Fri 9 October 2015 9:35 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
Replies: 51
Views: 14362

Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning

In conclusion, during their first years outside of Russia, the hierarchs of the the ROCOR kept up contacts amongst the heterodox, and to some extent, entered into various dialogues with them, as that had been established still in Russia before the revolution. I do not believe, however, that this mak...
by m. Evfrosinia
Fri 9 October 2015 9:25 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
Replies: 51
Views: 14362

Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning

After the Revolution and the beginning of the persecution of the Church in the Soviet Union, the hierarchs of ROCOR also hoped that support for the persecuted Russian Orthodox Church from the Archbishop of Canterbury and prominent Roman Catholics would save lives, as the bolsheviks were eager to hav...
by m. Evfrosinia
Fri 9 October 2015 9:15 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning
Replies: 51
Views: 14362

Re: ROCOR was ecumenist from the beginning

When we discuss the supposed "ecumenism" of hierarchs such as Met. Anthony (Khrapovitsky), I think it's important to remember that the Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was quite different from what we observe in these confessions toda...
by m. Evfrosinia
Fri 9 October 2015 8:41 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Changing password, username, or email address
Replies: 2
Views: 157529

Re: Changing password, username, or email address

Thank you, Maria1 I was finally able to log in. :)